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A Mystery with Heart: A Review of Healey's Cave

My Book Review of Healey's Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar:



Healey's Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar is a wonderful, mellow mystery, gently wrapped in a mist of paranormal phenomenon. This is not your typical whodunit with detectives, amateur or professional; it is more of an absorbing unravelling of secrets, heartbreak and murder.

"It had been this way for fifty years. Fifty years of longing for the truth, of missing his little brother."

Healey's Cave centers on Sam Moore, his family, friends and the unso...

Mysteries and Green Marbles: An Interview with Aaron Paul Lazar

Today's feature is a real treat. 

Mystery author, Aaron Paul Lazar, has kindly made a stop here at my blog on his virtual book tour to talk about his new paranormal mystery, Healey's Cave, writing and other tasty tidbits.    So please welcome Aaron Paul Lazar...





An Interview with Aaron Paul Lazar:

1. Why don't you begin by sharing a little about yourself.



Hello, Anita. It's great to be here. Here are a few facts about me:

I'm first and foremost a husband, father, and grandfather. I...

Into the Land of Cyber-punk: A Book Review of "Under the Amoral Bridge"

My Review of Under the Amoral Bridge by Gary A. Ballard:



Cyber-punk, near-future sci-fi, urban-sci-fi, any one of those terms could describe Under the Amoral Bridge by Gary A. Ballard. It could also be described as a good yarn featuring an ambiguous, yet relatable, main character.

"'I know a guy,' were the only important words Artemis Bridge uttered these days. All of his conversations with those words were a carefully choreographed dance routine, each step planned out in advance with only...

Definitely pick up these Loose Screws!

My Review of the book Loose Screws by Gerry Tortorelli:





Loose Screws by Gerry Tortorelli is an amusing, irreverent look at life and family and reminded me a great deal of Dave Barry's writing, with that same funny slice-of-life style.

"One of the traits I admire in this friend is that he never sweats the small stuff. He doesn't even sweat the big stuff. He has as even a keel as anyone I know."

The book is comprised of short, autobiographical anecdotes that form a piecemeal memoir of the au...

A Book Sale

If anyone was thinking about buying my latest book, The Incomplete Guide to Action Movies , now is the perfect time.  Due to a glitch in the Lulu.com system my book did not show up in search results immediately after I published.   By way of an apology they are offering it at a discount for readers.



You can now purchase The Incomplete Guide to Action Movies at 15% off with coupon code BEACHREAD305 until August 15, 2010, Just use the coupon code at the checkout!





Almost everything you need...

I Write Like...

For those who haven't heard there is a new website out in Internet World called I Write Like where you can have a few paragraphs of your writing analyzed and their algorithm will tell you which writer your prose most resembles.



Always willing to try something a bit goofy, I had the program analyze three different paragraphs from three different stories (from my book Passing Fancies).   It seems I'm quite the diverse writer because I got three different answers.



Here are the results:





1-  M...

Subtle Cyber-tech Sci-fi: A Review of Self Made

My review of Self Made by M. Darusha Wehm:





The short novel, Self Made, is an engaging sci-fi tech novel best described as cyber-punk noir.

"She said her name was Ivy Velasquez, and Dex wasn't sure whether that was her real name or a name she invented for his benefit. It didn't really matter; the funds she transferred to the organization's escrow account were real enough."

Self Made by M. Darusha Wehm is worth reading. The opening was a bit flat, but the shaky prose doesn't last and the book...

Time to discard Lulu.com?

I just published my latest book, The Incomplete Guide to Action Movies, with Lulu.com and it was a bit of a nightmare.



Once again Lulu's incompetent (at least in my experience) cover wizard glitched and screwed up my cover.  This time it happened during a book revision; it somehow (the staff at Lulu.com say the how is a mystery) reverted my cover to default colour and font and removed my front cover blurb. 

Now, every time you revise you must purchased an obligatory proof copy, so having no...

Romancing a Mystery: Old-Fashioned Romantic Fun

A Review of Romancing a Mystery:







Romancing a Mystery by Evelyn Cullet is a slightly wacky, screwball romance wrapped in the flavour of a mystery novel. It's charming, light and a breezy read.



The novel tells the misadventures of Charlotte, Jane and Erin as the three embark on a vacation in the English countryside. A few wrong turns land them at an Earl's manor house, where they become unexpected houseguests when Erin becomes ill. Sparks fly between Charlotte and the somewhat older Earl o...

Torchwood finds a new home and a new season

My latest Examiner article:

Torchwood finds a new home and a new season

Check out John Barrowman's Blog:
http://www.johnbarrowman.com/fanzone/television/newtorchwood.shtml